The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
THREE coLoRED SPORTING MEN,
Ex-Gov. PInchback, John q. Alexander. and
Col. Robert Harlan.

At the Palmer House one evening this
week two gentlemen were playing billiards:
BAY Snd this oa any
Ssstsadsr WY s tSsre such f Interest taken
tn. .;, rSply y. wv shat man an VIII n .Ss long
plexlon is no other than he who. at one time
!gst at the close 81 the war, by holding the
S doS aboaa Of 81
You know that time when William Pitt Kellogg
WAS such power down there" , - ,,o,ood.d
to watch the playing OF ex.Gov. Pinch back He
saw before him most gentlemanly like man,
S3isSy slightly With
form and commanding presence. The face
S an aetve n and
tinued: The Ex-Governor is In Chicago in at
tendance at the races. Last year r he was on
that he was the proprietor and manager OF
bookmaking CONCERN; Always power e With
the darkeys, 80 noticeably conneeted with
everything IN the racing line Mr. Pinchbnck
HIS Always hn Of
ana o MY sroye hs @0heS
seem at PAX Asxasder
Columbus, Q. Ao is now the owner, Of q small
siaSander e was Dss watching Pinchbacks game Of
and hs man who was furnishing The
town where no lives, there has never been a
time when he did not stand better with his
The PATRONAGE 81 his sstablishmept is largely
that Of the maoreyed class. Like "a al other
they ,say. on tip: Tie spring before
o bs town n miles Tsn c np
Colpmbus-and there, won some hundreds of
dollars against faro, his original stake being
running and trotting meetings In that section
and. pressing his luck, went to the Louisville
no had accumulated something Ike $4,000. A
strong Republican, no could see nothing In
the Garfield, aanco S race but GarielIdl iirst
cess made OF him quito u rich man. since then
he has been more conservative in his ventures
prosper. No matter what the, nature Of the
transaction-cards horses, bnsiness-there
never was fairer man to deal with than John
-" But Whereas with Gov. Pinchback he divides
the honors at u race meeting, there Il now a
colored man IN Chicago upon whom all people
OF his race look with respect. and who in polti-
cal affairs, state and national. Yields power
FSs Is o kobsr HARLAN Of d
cinnatti. Always lover OF tho horse Bob's
race courses. Ever with money ut his com
mand, no has been the JOY OF the pool reller and
the book naEer, Readiness 70 wageE the estab-
horses ara running he. from his command ng
helsht being able 10 note thor eSact posi- Ions,
Volalte wins changing rapiLyto 5to L. then
to 5Utol.' There is II record 10 tne effect
his horse falling midway the stretch
But while to Piurillck aild Alexander racing
+ ~ scheme to further financial interest, with
Harlan il Is pastime sought IA her than gain.
There are lew men Of such hon like features,
raw bones, and visible energy. The high cheek
race. and Just such chin 1t would be hHrd 10
find outside u u kennel Ol fighting dogs
marked In every furrow OF the lace. An old
man II ", and wearing spectacle, sim every
movement pnrtakes OF the ext nest yigor.
Bob Is u cyclone In Cincinnati politics, and
even now holds tho Oiiic" of state Senator-a
good Republican; Of conr 20. Ho was one OF the
upon Inauguration Day at Washington. where
during the review before the White House he
stood For hours near the Presidents stand he
was tho most delighted OF spectators"